A week like no other

Hi,

What a strange week I just passed. I had my first day off and I was not the only one in the family, most got sick and it took us some time to get over. I worked Wednesday again and I was not 100% well but hey I work at home and I just napped when the baby napped. Thursday I went with her to music class and she was fuzzy. She did not seem to be happy about the teacher or the other kids, neither was she happy to be in the stroller as we walked home and neither was she happy to be home when we arrived. Friday was an even more fuzzy day but I did not have her, the nanny took over. and I had lunch with 3 other girls after I had worked out in the morning.
Saturday I went to a bar but came home somewhat early. I could feel a slight fever again and I just needed to sleep. Sunday was meant to be my day off from doing anything at all but I ended up going halloween shopping with another girl and that was great fun too. Halloween is an expensive time of the year and now I'm a little low on money too.... haha.
And the evening was spent having dinner with the family and of course the season premiere of The Walking Dead! What an episode!!

Anyways, the baby has been asleep most of today, I think she might have a cold. So I just watched the new episode of The Simpson's, read in my current book Joyland and did some homework.
I cannot wait for the Halloween weekend, it will be fun :)

Bye <3

First day being sick

Hi,

As i finally recovered from my ankle something strange happened today. Yesterday was normal with just the baby and I hanging out and going for a walk! It was amazing and the weather was good just as I had asked Alexa and she said it would be heavy rain. It only rained a little and it didn't rain when I walked.

But back to today instead of normal yesterday. I had a hard time falling asleep last night but I finally did around 1 am and this morning my alarm didn't ring so I didn't wake up before my door knocked, super strange... It took me like 1 or 2 minutes to jump in some random clothes and go upstairs. As I apologized for my over sleep and I looked for some breakfast my back started aching I just thought it was all the elevation of my foot and I wouldn't make a big deal out of it. The suddenly the pain spread to my stomach and I felt dizzy... Then I was suddenly covered in cold sweat and I felt like I had to puke. I told the family how I felt and I really didn't want to be a burden but how can I take care of a baby if I had passed out? I was followed back to bed were I slept for like 4 hours or something. It has been a somewhat boring day, I haven't been at Spanish class and all I could do all day was read and watch TV. I was happy that Trevor Noah could entertain me a little and when The Daily Show was over I found a TV show called Freakish on hulu. Waiting for the next season of The Walking Dead, this is a good show to watch.
But I miss my baby and I missed some fresh air.... I had plans for today and then this happened. Typical.

Well I only have 2 classes left in my writing class and it has been a great experience. I like studying here and I like to live here, my family wants me to come home when my stay here is over. Well, I don't know how I feel about it yet. I guess doubting is a way of developing and it is normal.

Well, hopefully I can work tomorrow and I will be fine, I hate being sick and I hate being beaten down by a stupid virus and I hate feeling weak.

I had a flue shot so I don't assume it's a flue...

Well, I will watch high school kids fight chemical people.

Bye

The new nanny

Hi

Friday was a relaxed day. I have started to reuse my ankle and it began in the fitness room on a bike. It is amazing to use my body again after almost 3 weeks of being unable to do anything. I also did some weight lifting and then the power went off. Yeah, I worked out to a flashlight, nothing stops this woman! There were a horrible rain storm outside and that meant no power for a couple of hours. Luckily for me there were still hot water when I finished my work out. I would hate to stink when it was the first time I was going to meet the new nanny. She is very nice and she's from San Francisco. I had some troubles understanding her since she speaks super fast but I made it (I'm here to learn so that's fine)

I spent most of the day doing homework and follow what's going on in politics. I cannot believe I'm here during an election and even an exiting and scary one. Both are unpopular in their parties (so why where they chosen?) and as a woman said on The Daily Show said; it's the first time you can vote for a woman and an orange person xD We talked about that in my study group in Denmark too.

All I can do now is practice Spanish. I have absolutely no excuse not to study and learn lots of new stuff. I play piano and guitar daily and the baby seems to love it. She doesn't understand it though but that's ok. I don't know what the nanny is planning on doing with her when it comes to practice music with her but maybe it is not necessary. I had her Friday night and was meant to put her to sleep and just before that we played music together.

Well, the bad weather continues and I hope it gets better so I can do something productive next week, and by productive I mean walks.
I really hope she can sit up by herself soon, that will make many things so much easier for me.

Well, goodbye!

Can infants have nightmares?

Hi

Sorry, the Francisco pictures are probably not gonna happen... Stupid old technology but it is not that important after all. I just discovered something new this week that I had no idea existed... Nightmares with infants. I wondered why the baby sometimes wakes up screaming like she's being hurt and nothing can calm her down. I tried white noise, comforting her (walk around with her, etc.) I tried to put her back to sleep and simply try to mildly talk her out of the hysteria. I decided to google it since it has happened many times and I found a doctor page that explained dreams, nightmares and night terrors. Infants can have nightmares about being dropped, be left alone or starvation and I guess in this case that it is starvation since food is the only thing that calms her down. I just wonder if she can have nightmares like that multiple times a day? This happens very often. I try to make sure that she can see me when she wakes up so she doesn't fear being left alone, of course I can be at the bathroom and stuff you know, I can't control when she wakes up. So, I'm of tomorrow doing the day and a nanny is going to take her so I'm gonna ask her if she experienced something similar.

Well, now it's surely fall in Seattle, nothing but rain and wind outside. I couldn't take her to music class because I don't have a rain cover for the stroller and I am still waiting for the rain clothing I bought online to myself. I'm able to walk a little but it is not perfect yet... I'm gonna start exercising tomorrow and hopefully rebuild my ankle... I am not gonna let this beat me down I'm a way too active person and I had a nice walk Tuesday that I haven't had in a long time. It was only a short walk from a bus stop on Queen Anne and here to the house but the fresh air and the use of my body was amazing!

Well, I think I will leave now and have a nice sleep through the night.

Good night.  

Back in the rain

Hi,

I'm back in Seattle. The last day was great though, the weather was hot and I had coffee at a popular coffee shop called Phil's Coffee. I had lunch at a small café and everything was great. Before Sunday I had brunch at a Chinese restaurant called City View. I can recommend it since it was delicious. It was a special kind of brunch though and fun to try. After that we went to San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art. It was super cool and I bought presents to my family in Denmark. They would had loved it. I will upload pictures as soon as my stupid phone will cooporate with my laptop (old crap).

I'm healing well and I can take care of myself now which is great!
Normal day today and the baby was sweet. She seems to love Paul McCartney and Queen. She will love all kinds of music before I'm finished here ;)
Rock'n roll baby!

Have a nice day. ❤️

San Francisco from a wheel chair

Hi.

I'm in San Francisco with my host family and what a great place! We are staying at an apartment own by relations to the family. I really hate the fact that I can't walk around and explore this place... Of course I'm overreacting a little since I'm not in a wheel chair. My ankel is not broken only sprained and I can walk a little but it is tough for my back to walk around with this stiff leg and my foot is sore if I don't rest it.

But back to what I was saying before. The weather is lovely it's really warm and the sun is shining bright. It was raining all week in Seattle so maybe it was not the worst time my ankel could twist around.... Who am I kidding? I miss my work out..
I also miss the other au pairs.

I have spent my time well though. I have practiced Spanish, guitar, piano and I have done home work. My family has been super helpful. I take the bus to the college but they have hired Lyft cars to me and they have been treating me super well. I think it will heal quickly thanks to them. It is a little tough with a baby to not be able to jump around and entertain her but she has been in a super good mood lucky for me.

This place is great so I will head out. I will update with pictures.

bye!

The health care system

Hi

I chose to see a doctor today. My host family were been out of town this weekend and I'm still unable to walk. They were home around 1 pm and they drove me to a clinic and that was a lot of paper work! I have an insurance called Erika and they corporate with AETNA and it took about 20 minutes just to find the coverage. I still had to pay a fee on $35 but that's ok it's nothing compared to what it would cost without an insurance. The doctor was very nice and she did a good job. She had a concern about a lower bone in my foot and said I should get an x-ray. We went to the emergency room and once again filled out a million papers and then we had to redo it because he read my birthday wrong.
It took some time before I got to the x-ray room but it took only a few minutes. The guy said he couldn't see anything but he will send the pictures to the clinic so they can decide what to do. I'm just happy to get this checked up you know. Before leaving when I looked at health insurance I thought I would not need it because I never see my doctor but I decided to buy one because I use contacts and I can get an eye infection easily and my birth control can have some serious side effects (I'm not in the risk group but still)

Better safe than sorry and if you want a year in the US don't hesitate to buy an insurance as you can see I'm perfectly healthy and I still needed it simply because I was clumsy.
I have to say I'm kinda glad I don't have to fill out this many papers when I see a doctor or go to an emergency room in Denmark.

Anyways, I will just sit here and feel sorry for myself. I wanna run and do fitness! :'(

This is my sad face. 

Goodbye! Have a nice evening.